Expert Assessment: Sea-Level Rise Could Exceed One Meter in This Century

Experft believe that in a scenario with unmitigated emissons, that the sea level could rise 200-300 centimeters by the year 2300. However in a scenario with reduced emissons experts believe there will only be about 40-60 centimeters by 2100 and 60-100 centimeters by 2300. The high emissons scenario could threaten the lives of costal cities or low-lying islands. Sea level rise is a very hard area to project due to there being so many factors that could change it, such as glaciers melting, and pumping water for irrigation purposes. It is so hard to predict that the experts numbers from 2007 had to be changed upwards by 60 percent! This is an area that definitly needs to be addressed in my opinion, because in could drastically change the futre of planet Earth if not dealt with properally.

Sea-level rise in this century is likely to be 70-120 centimeters by 2100 if greenhouse-gas emissions are not mitigated, a broad assessment of the most active scientific publishers on that topic has revealed. (Credit: © Thierry Hoarau / Fotolia)

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131122103853.htm